AD -357 (X103570)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -357 |
|---|---|
| ID | X103570 |
| Museum no. | BM 36913 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Astronomical Diary |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
English translation
By ORACC project adsd/adart1 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...]+1/2 cubit, the moon being 8 fingers [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] stood to the east. Night of the 10+[x]th, [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] thunder, slow rain, a little PISAN DIB. Night of the 10+[x]th, [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] I did not watch. At 40° before sunset, lunar eclipse, excluded, omitted; first pa[rt of the night, ...] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'– | [... Night of the 15th,] the moon was 2 cubits below γ Virginis. The 15th, Jupiter’s acronychal rising [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] 1 cubit 8 fingers. The 17th, around noon, a cloud bank to the side of ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] ... From the 12th to the 18th, the river level receded 1/2 cubit. Night of the 19th, ... [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] much [PISA]N DIB, a little thunder. Around the 19th, when Mars became stationary to the west, [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [... Night] of the 21st, last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind ϑ Ophiuchi [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] cubits ... Night of the 24th, first part of the night, lightning flashed in the south [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] ... At 16° before sunset, solar eclipse on the [...] side [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] and clearing; during its eclipse, the south wind which [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...]+1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 8 ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ana NIM GUB GE₆ 10+[x ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢GU₃ U AN⸣ ne₂-hi PISAN i DIB GE₆ 10+[x ...] | |
| 5' | [...] NU PAP ina 40 ME ana ŠU₂ šamaš₂ AN.KU₁₀ sin BAR DIB ⸢USAN⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [... GE₆ 15 sin SIG DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 2 KUŠ₃ 15 MUL₂.BABBAR ana ME ⸢E⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] 1 KUŠ₃ 8 SI 17 AN.BAR₇ ni-di A₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢DIB⸣ TA 12 EN 18 ILLU 1/2 KUŠ₃ LAL-is GE₆ 19 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢PISAN⸣ MAH DIB GU₃ U i in EN 19 AN ana ŠU₂ ki ⸢UŠ⸣-[a ...] | |
| 4 | [... GE₆] 21 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-tah-PA.BIL ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | [...] KUŠ₃ DU GE₆ 24 USAN GIR₂ ina ULU₃ ⸢GIR₂⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢x⸣ 16 ME ana ŠU₂-e šamaš₂ šamaš₂ AN.KU₁₀ A₂ [...] | |
| 7 | [...] u ZALAG₂ ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ ULU₃ ša₂ [...] | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
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